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PEX defines a field's filter as a full JSON Schema (our own wire schema declares it as a draft-07 $ref), but matchFilter in vcr/pe implements a subset with semantics that deviate from JSON Schema. The load-time validator added in #4281 documents and flags the consequences (see the filter-semantics section in the Validate godoc), but the underlying evaluation is unchanged. This issue tracks the deliberate decision whether and how to align.
Current deviations
enum shadows every other keyword: type, const and pattern are not evaluated when enum is set. JSON Schema ANDs all keywords.
Filter.Const and Filter.Enum are string-typed in Go: spec-valid numeric or boolean consts fail at parse with an unmarshal error, and values compare as strings only.
pattern is only evaluated when type is "string"; JSON Schema applies keywords per value type (a number trivially passes pattern).
Numeric keywords (minimum, maximum, multipleOf), minLength, format and composition (allOf, anyOf, not) are not implemented. Since [#4253 2/8] feat(pe): PD validators (Validate + ValidateSelectionKeys) #4281 they are rejected by pe.Validate for own policy files instead of being silently dropped; remote PDs still parse leniently and match weaker than declared.
Consequence of 1-4: numeric claim values cannot be value-constrained at all. Documented guidance is to issue filterable claims as strings.
Considerations
The evaluation machinery is already vendored: santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema validates the PD documents themselves (vcr/pe/schema/v2). Filter-level evaluation would be wiring, not a new dependency, and schemas can be compiled once at PD load.
The capture-group value extraction in matchFilter is a documented feature (docs/pages/deployment/policy.rst, "Extracting substrings with regular expressions") with no JSON Schema counterpart. Any alignment must preserve it or provide a migration.
Changing filter semantics changes live matching behavior for counterparty-supplied PDs as well as own policies; this needs release notes and possibly a compatibility window.
Ecosystem context: OpenID4VP 1.0 replaces PEX with DCQL. Decision 2026-07-16: PEX field matching stays (DCQL is less expressive for our field-binding use); eventual dual support is an option. That bounds how much to invest here.
Relates to #4253 (the selection engine consumes filter evaluation results; pe.Validate encodes the current semantics and must be updated together with any change here).
Context
PEX defines a field's
filteras a full JSON Schema (our own wire schema declares it as a draft-07$ref), butmatchFilterinvcr/peimplements a subset with semantics that deviate from JSON Schema. The load-time validator added in #4281 documents and flags the consequences (see the filter-semantics section in theValidategodoc), but the underlying evaluation is unchanged. This issue tracks the deliberate decision whether and how to align.Current deviations
enumshadows every other keyword:type,constandpatternare not evaluated whenenumis set. JSON Schema ANDs all keywords.Filter.ConstandFilter.Enumare string-typed in Go: spec-valid numeric or boolean consts fail at parse with an unmarshal error, and values compare as strings only.patternis only evaluated whentypeis "string"; JSON Schema applies keywords per value type (a number trivially passespattern).minimum,maximum,multipleOf),minLength,formatand composition (allOf,anyOf,not) are not implemented. Since [#4253 2/8] feat(pe): PD validators (Validate + ValidateSelectionKeys) #4281 they are rejected bype.Validatefor own policy files instead of being silently dropped; remote PDs still parse leniently and match weaker than declared.Considerations
santhosh-tekuri/jsonschemavalidates the PD documents themselves (vcr/pe/schema/v2). Filter-level evaluation would be wiring, not a new dependency, and schemas can be compiled once at PD load.matchFilteris a documented feature (docs/pages/deployment/policy.rst, "Extracting substrings with regular expressions") with no JSON Schema counterpart. Any alignment must preserve it or provide a migration.Relates to #4253 (the selection engine consumes filter evaluation results;
pe.Validateencodes the current semantics and must be updated together with any change here).